Class 1 2022 - 2023

A very warm welcome back to you all, I hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas and a great New Year.  The children were all very excited to tell me about everything they have done during the holidays and what presents they received.

This term we are studying geography.  We are going to begin by looking at the geography of our school and then the local area around us.  We will then extend this to looking at geography on a more global scale, specifically Spain in Europe.

In phonics we are beginning to look at the vowel digraphs.  In order to help the children practise these we will be sending home pink phonics books for them to write words containing each sound.  For example, if the children have learned the 'ai' sound then they will have a page with the sound printed at the top and they need to write at least 4 words containing this sound e.g. rain, pain, sail, tail (with encouragement they may enjoy having a go at words with clusters in them e.g. train).  It would be great if the children could have a go at sounding out these words independently and they can use their phonics sheets (from the autumn term) to remind them of the correct letter formation.

We will still be having PE on a Wednesday afternoon and a Friday morning.  Please can you check that each item of their kit is still clearly labelled - if you have written their names in biro this can fade in the wash.  Please go over any names that are becoming difficult to see/read.  It can be useful to show your child where you have written their name so that they know where to look.  Kits should be brought in on a Monday and will be sent home every Friday so that they can be washed.  For the girls it can be useful to have a spare pair of socks in their kits which they can wear with their pumps if they have come to school in tights.  

We will continue to organise a healthy snack for the children each day.  The cost for this half term is £6 and £5 for next half term (or if you prefer you can pay the whole term, £11, in one go).  Please send this into school in a sealed, named envelope.

If there is anything about your child,s learning or wellbeing that you would like to discuss, please do let me know and we can arrange a meeting.  Or if you prefer to contact me by email then my email address is at the bottom of this page.

I do try to tweet regularly from our class account @stannesclass1, so please follow us to keep up with the activities that the children take part in each day.

sdale@stannesfulshaw.net    @stannesclass1